New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-29
TIE ASSASSINATION or Mr.. HADDOCK
TESTIMONY OF rE.vrrr CONCERNING TIE SHOOT

TESTIMONY OF ITlyITr CONCERNING THE SHOOT
ING AND TIE CONSPIRACY WHICH LED To IT.
sIorx CITY, Iowa. March 2S-The Haddock murder
trial began at 10 q. M to-day. The courtroom was
hacked The missing witness. Williamson, tho hack
driver who was called on Saturday and found to have
left town few hours before, brought In and placed
on the stand lie had been captured at Lemars twenty
five miles east OF here Saturday lie substantiated
the testimony OF United states DstrictAorney Murphy
IA TO the fact that he mad driven that official tha' even
ing from the depot TO his home and had been stopped
near the scene OF murder by Of the parties under
Indictment The next witness was Harry L. Lcavitt, the
man who took leading part in plotting the conspiracy
and then turned states evidence lie said
live in Chicago at present lived IN sioux CITY last
August here In December. 1883; then remained
nno n few days but came back January aud opened
Ihc Standard Theatre In Pearst ran IL u inc l,st
ar Tuesday IL June know Arensdorf the defendant |
got acauaintcd with him when opened inc theaue
lad bsiness with him In regard 10 furnishing me with
hcr the business amounted to $50 to S75 week.
He was engaged at the Franz brewery. Wehe Esss III
lime returned TO City three or four days before
ON Monday went TO a meeting in Holderreds Hall
with Doc Darlington about o'clock; we rs. wen, ,i n."
There were present Adelsheim, Irieber fiath Coren
DooiIue. mysem and others Adelshem presided
simon son said IL was called for the purpose o naAhe
doe Darlington and my self members OF the association
sked what it cost to ioin; they said s25 told them
10 come up and get the money at ,he opeinS ,, "a o
ION sai thai he could not show %. Iwasadmted
George Trebcr said had succeeded In gctting TWO
DutchInen to whip IIadiock and Walker II they were
maid for IT, Arensdorf said there was 500 or $500 IN tho
treasury and that ought to he sufficient Muhchralh
asked the doorkeepeI at my place WASN'T goou sns
ger told him he had sluggcd one or TWO ~ my paoo
lIis name Dan Morarity. Munchrath sad ne oweu
him board bill he would 90 with me TO he depot 10
see him. that IL would be good excuse 10 broach MN On
the matter OF doing up HaddOck Arensdori sald thst
we ought up burn down lladdocA anu turner's
houses The next day Munchrath and saw pan MOTT
xrty lie was at the Milwaukee and ST Paul yarus. we
both talked To him relation to whipping HaddocR anu
Walker Moriarity said he had good JoD ana ne WASH
going To HEX any body. In tho evening met i,aln,
Trieber Mnnchrath Peters and two Germans uu not
know the Germans then. have since learned that te
were Granda and Bismarck. We were taking aDou hsa
dock and Turner going TO 1reeh'no, a ioa
eyld O. Trcber proposed to r, go ,.aa,,.;no snd Sgo
howencIIaddock got evidence; In Greehvii.o vic
we met scoltard, Grady Junk anu Arensdori 4 saw
Hudock as lie came from the stable 10 tue C0iuoa
House corner and started across, TOWARDS Dinehs %
corner John Arensdorf started toward nln Aisor
Haddock got about feet from Dinens conei, ,s
Arensdorf and Haddock meet. Arcnsdori Ioohed III
him step then turned and nred Haddoc1 90
and fell. Arensdorf straight ahead. stSteu W
run three seconds from the uo vi % ms
having been clarified that could not stars ~ ne "
ment ,.t.. ,r .roo Ala
The sharp and crossexaninatioh ny hIso u M
not shake the force OF the direct evidence ieas.
nted that his testimony before the coroner july "~o
false, but said that his confession coVcreu lho uu'-